Hire Date

This field is editable via the Person Profile and read-only on each user's Preferences screen.  

This is an optional field that has been added to support the Leave Accrual's functionality.  While it is called Hire Date, it is used to determine 'months of service' which is used during the accrual posting process.  As such, this field does not necessarily need to reflect the user's true hire date.  For example, if you had a user that took a 3 month leave of absence, you might consider adjusting the Hire Date value forward by three months from it's original value, such that the accrual calculations would not include those three months (should that be your company's policy).

In addition to its use in determining which accrual schedule is to be used during posting (based on months of service), this date will also be used in calculating prorated accrual amounts if the period being posted encompasses multiple accrual schedule entries based on the calculated months of service date.   

Prior to associating a user with an Accrual Plan, you will need to supply a hire date on the Person Profile screen.  

This field is not currently recognized by any other screens or processes within Unanet.